diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c0d191e..d377dce 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 #include "config.hpp"
+#include "rss_out.hpp"
 #include "options.hpp"
 #include "rss.hpp"
 
@@ -31,13 +32,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         exit(-1);
 
     //display requested attributes
+    std::string output = rss_utils::rss_to_list(feed, opts);
+
+    std::cout << output << std::endl;
 
 
-    
-
-
-
-
-
+    delete opts;
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/options.hpp b/src/options.hpp
index d17ae26..877dd4b 100644
--- a/src/options.hpp
+++ b/src/options.hpp
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 // options parsing
 //
 
+#pragma once
+
 #include <string>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <getopt.h>
 
 //cli options
-constexpr char* optarg_string = "u:tldemcpqgowbh";
+constexpr char optarg_string[] = "u:tldemcpqgowbh";
 
 static struct option long_options[] =
 {
diff --git a/src/rss.cpp b/src/rss.cpp
index 1865c1f..e463352 100644
--- a/src/rss.cpp
+++ b/src/rss.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,57 @@ std::string rss::getPubDate() const {
 
 }
 
+std::string rss::getManagingEditor() const {
+    if(!ok)
+        return "";
+
+    rapidxml::xml_node<> *tmp = item_node->first_node("managingEditor");
+    if(tmp == 0)
+        return "";
+    return tmp->value();
+}
+
+std::string rss::getGenerator() const {
+    if(!ok)
+        return "";
+
+    rapidxml::xml_node<> *tmp = item_node->first_node("generator");
+    if(tmp == 0)
+        return "";
+    return tmp->value();
+}
+
+std::string rss::getDocs() const {
+    if(!ok)
+        return "";
+
+    rapidxml::xml_node<> *tmp = item_node->first_node("docs");
+    if(tmp == 0)
+        return "";
+    return tmp->value();
+}
+
+std::string rss::getTTL() const {
+    if(!ok)
+        return "";
+
+    rapidxml::xml_node<> *tmp = item_node->first_node("ttl");
+    if(tmp == 0)
+        return "";
+    return tmp->value();
+
+}
+
+std::string rss::getLastBuildDate() const {
+    if(!ok)
+        return "";
+
+    rapidxml::xml_node<> *tmp = item_node->first_node("lastBuildDate");
+    if(tmp == 0)
+        return "";
+    return tmp->value();
+}
+
 std::vector<std::map<std::string, std::string>> rss::getItems() const {
     std::vector<std::map<std::string, std::string>> items;
 
diff --git a/src/rss_out.cpp b/src/rss_out.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d460f8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rss_out.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Tyler Perkins
+// 7-23-21
+// rss output functions implementation
+//
+
+#include "rss_out.hpp"
+
+using namespace rss_utils;
+
+std::string rss_utils::rss_to_list(const rss& rss_obj, const option_flags* flags){
+    std::string ret;
+
+    if(flags->title){
+        ret += rss_obj.getTitle() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->link){
+        ret += rss_obj.getLink() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->description){
+        ret += rss_obj.getDescription() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->language){
+        ret += rss_obj.getLanguage() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->webmaster){
+        ret += rss_obj.getWebMaster() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->copyright){
+        ret += rss_obj.getCopyright() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->pubdate){
+        ret += rss_obj.getPubDate() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->managingeditor){
+        ret += rss_obj.getManagingEditor() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->generator){
+        ret += rss_obj.getGenerator() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->docs){
+        ret += rss_obj.getDocs() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->ttl){
+        ret += rss_obj.getTTL() + "\n";
+    }
+    if(flags->builddate){
+        ret += rss_obj.getLastBuildDate() + "\n";
+    }
+
+    if(ret.length() > 0)
+        ret.pop_back();
+    else if (ret.length() == 0)
+        ret = "<No arguments given>";
+
+    return ret;
+}
diff --git a/src/rss_out.hpp b/src/rss_out.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23c8f19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rss_out.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Tyler Perkins
+// 7-23-21
+// rss output functions
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <string>
+
+#include "options.hpp"
+#include "rss.hpp"
+
+namespace rss_utils {
+    std::string rss_to_list(const rss&, const option_flags*);
+
+
+
+}